The News Review:

- Abass Bundu cannot turn Gbinti to Green says Hon Ibrahim Bundu a…
- Sierra Leoneans, Gbondima Gbondo is Right about London Demonstration
- Liberian warlord reinvents self as senator
- Security firm suspected of shooting at civilian vehicles in Iraq
- Justice Department Bars Human Rights Violators from United States

Abass Bundu cannot turn Gbinti to Green says Hon Ibrahim Bundu a…
Awareness Times – Dec 10, 2005
Abass Bundu in the eighties says that all he did when he came back home from America in the year 2002, was to apply the same strategy that he used to apply for his elder brother in the eighties which made his brother win those elections. Meanwhile, amidst growing condemnation of him over the passport scandal, Dr. Abass Bundu is scheduled to hold a Press Conference this Monday December 12th at 11:00am at the headquarters of the Sierra Leone News Agency (SLENA) where it is believed that he will address the matter of the exonerative evidence against him. Abass Chernor Bundu of the ruling SLPP wishes to reclaim his Port Loko North East II seat from his younger brother, Ibrahim Bundu in 2007 © Copyright by Awareness Times Newspaper in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leoneans, Gbondima Gbondo is Right about London Demonstration
Awareness Times – Dec 10, 2005
It is purely our responsibility and not the international community to hold our leaders responsible for inefficiencymeaning, our dirty linen should be purified locally. That particular action spoke volumes of the demonstrators patriotism. I believe they owe the people of Sierra Leone an apology. My firmest conviction is that we should not allow our personal interests to hamper programmes that maximize the welfare of the majority. We should be very cautious in handling issues to avoid stalling the livelihood of the majority; otherwise, the very essence of advocating for good governance will be seriously questioned. Politics should be a game of tolerance and not destruction and while we hold on to and maintain our different views, we must be considerate that there is only one country called Sierra Leone. Therefore, any insolent and impudent behaviour will haunt us for generations.

Liberian warlord reinvents self as senator
USA Today – Dec 10, 2005
-based Human Rights Watch has gathered testimony from witnesses who accuse Dolo of recruiting child soldiers during the war and supporting rebel attacks on civilians in neighboring Ivory Coast’s conflict in 2003. Taylor, indicted for war crimes in neighboring Sierra Leone, is in exile in Nigeria. But his wife, Jewel Howard-Taylor, was elected to the senate. She and two other legislators-elect are under a U. travel ban and assets freeze for constituting “a threat to the peace process in Liberia.

Security firm suspected of shooting at civilian vehicles in Iraq
New Zealand Herald – Dec 10, 2005
“An investigation has been initiated, but we do not have any details at this time,” US Army Capt. Bill Roberts, a military spokesman, told the Washington Post. Aegis is headed by Tim Spicer, the former British Army Lieutenant Colonel, whose former private security company, Sandline International, was wound up following charges that it flouted an international arms embargo in supply arms during the Sierra Leone civil war. In a statement, the company said it was participating into the inquiry, “to investigate whether the footage has any connection with the company and, should this prove to be the case, under what circumstances any incident took place. ” Aegis says its personnel undertake about 100 escorting duties in Iraq each week under a contract with the American government valued at US$293 million. It is only one of many companies carrying out escort, including the guarding of road convoys, and other protection duties in Iraq. In all there are about 25,000 private security workers assisting the American military there.

Justice Department Bars Human Rights Violators from United States
All American Patriots – All American Patriots (press release) – Dec 10, 2005
Federal efforts directed against human rights violators are part of an important and time-honored national commitment. The United States Government has long been a key participant in global law enforcement efforts to help end impunity for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Thus, for example, our nation has taken a leading role in establishing and supporting such notable institutions as the Nuremberg and Tokyo Tribunals after World War II and, more recently, the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and the Iraqi High Tribunal. Ongoing Justice Department activities directed against suspected human rights violators in this country, combined with the Department’s undiminished efforts to bring Nazi criminals to justice and its extensive provision of investigative assistance to foreign authorities that are prosecuting human rights violators, are an important part of the government’s continuing contribution to achieving that crucial goal. As President Bush has said, those who commit such crimes must face justice, both to advance the cause of justice and to consolidate peace and promote the rule of law. lIn more than two decades of investigating and bringing civil denaturalization and removal proceedings against individuals who took part in the perpetration of Nazi crimes against humanity, those of us who work at OSI have, time and again, encountered the unsettling reality that it was, in most cases, very easy for such individuals to immigrate to the United States after World War II. Despite determined efforts by U.